There’s a fun playground outside the west entrance, a nice reward for kids after the walk. Over thousands of years, the Aare River eroded a path through this rock formation resulting in a gorge which is 1’400 metres long and up to 200 metres deep. Admission is CHF7.50 for adults and CHF4 for children 7 to 16. En route visitors can touch both sides of the gorge walls at the Kleinen Enge, see a waterfall, caves used during the Second World War, the end of a dried out glacial river, and glacier mills. Combination tickets with other sights such as the Reichenbach Falls are available. The speed of the water flow ranges from 4 to 13 km/h, allowing water to pass through the 1,400-m long gorge in around 12 minutes. Access to the gorge is possible from either end. This site is not responsible for the content of linked external sites. Although barely 2 kilometres (1 mi) long, this passage is bordered by sheer cliffs up to 50 m (160 ft) high on either side. « Visit the Sherlock Holmes Museum in Meiringen, Switzerland, Visit the Ballenberg Open-Air Museum of Swiss Rural Architecture », Hike Through the Aare Gorge near Meiringen in Switzerland, Visit the Hermannsdenkmal with Arminius Statue in the Teutoburg Forest, Visit the Leaning Tower of the Oberkirche in Bad Frankenhausen in Germany, Visit the Externsteine Sandstone Rocks in the Teutoburg Forest in Germany, End 2020 Berlin State Museums Opening Hours, Visit Top Sights in Bückeburg near Hanover in Germany. June 8, 2012 by Henk Bekker in Berner Oberland, Switzerland. Here, the Aare River has carved a 1,400 m gorge through limestone. Currently, a series of tunnels and walkways with safety railings allow visitors to easily walk the full length of the gorge in around 45 minutes. The gorge is an indirect product of glaciation; 10,000 years ago, just as the Ice Age was coming to an end, torrential runoff water from melting glacierseroded a deep, narrow chasm through the limestone barrier. The 1.4 kilometre long path through this captivating gorge is an easy 40-minute walk. It’s an easy walk on the elevated walkway through the gorge, but only the west half is open to strollers and wheelchairs. The Aare Gorge (German: Aareschlucht) is a section of the river Aare that carves through a limestone ridge near the town of Meiringen, in the Bernese Oberland region of Switzerland. The gorge va… (During 2012, the Aare Gorge admission ticket covers the train back to the opposite entrance or any other stop between Meiringen and Innertkirchen train stations.). The walk through the gorge is a very special way to experience nature. Just south of Meiringen in the Haslital, the Aare carved its way through the mountains in a gorge that is at times a mere meter wide. The nicest parts of Aare Gorge, from the western entrance to the middle of the gorge, are disability friendly and wheelchair accessible. for the lazy bones, you can also go straight to the stop at the east end of the gorge and look out from the platform Switzerland is a country of astonishing natural beauty but rarely is natural phenomena as easily accessible as the Aareschlucht (Aare Gorge) between Meiringen and Innertkirchen in the Haslital of the Berner Oberland region. The western entrance to the Aare Gorge (Meiringen side) is open daily from early April to November 1, while the eastern entrance (Innertkirchen side) is open from mid-May to mid-October. Switzerland’s longest river, the Aare, flows from the Alps via lakes Brienz, Thun, and Biel as well as through Bern and Solothurn on its way to the Rhine. for the lazy bones, you can also go straight to the stop at the east end of the gorge and look out from the platform… The first walkways in the Aare Gorge were already erected in 1888. Book Tours and Activities in the Region with Get Your Guide, Filed Under: Berner Oberland, Switzerland Tagged With: Aareschlucht, Brienz, Brienzersee, Haslital, Lake Brienz, Meiringen, Reichenbach.